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Can we have a heading "Unstable angina" please

Hi , Could we see a tab particularly for "unstable angina "

Quovadisuk

•5 years ago

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Heart issues only when I am resting ??

Hi all , I have already had two stents fitted 2 years ago but this year having issues of pain in chest and in arms .....I have had an angiogram two weeks ago...

Hi all , I have already had two stents fitted 2 years ago but this year having...

Quovadisuk

•5 years ago

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Heart

Going to see my cardiologists on Friday for tests I have been getting dizzy and racing heart for 3 months I had a ECG it was abnormal for my age 28 I was born...

Going to see my cardiologists on Friday for tests I have been getting dizzy and ...

Jamzy28

•5 years ago

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Stents inside stents

Hi all, just a update Been back wards and forwards for the last few years on different meds Finally got some answers last night. Cardiolgist. Why have we left...

Hi all, just a update Been back wards and forwards for the last few years on di...

2stents

•5 years ago

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Dr Eric Bergs Mediterranean farce.

If your on or thinking of taking up the Mediterranean diet for your heart health . Then check out Dr Eric Berg on YouTube. Very surprising insight! Makes you...

If your on or thinking of taking up the Mediterranean diet for your heart health...

Rob6868

•5 years ago

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24hr monitor - how long for results?

As above really! Just wondering how quickly you would expect to get results back after returning a 24 hour monitor (4 lead). Would it be normal to have them...

As above really! Just wondering how quickly you would expect to get results back...

April_May

•5 years ago

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The spray!

Had my HA about five months ago and as yet I feel fine and enjoy life.....but when I go out I always take my spray with me...in case! My question...

Had my HA about five months ago and as yet I feel fine and enjoy life.....but wh...

trebor5558

•5 years ago

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Can scarring be insignificant?

Whats the significance of scarring if your lv is normal.cant get my head round if the small scarring will force lv function down over time. We dont have...

Whats the significance of scarring if your lv is normal.cant get my head round i...

dan74uk

•5 years ago

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Myocarditis

Hi. Last Tuesday I collapsed with chest pain. My troponian levels were over 9000 but my angiogram was clear. My echo showed some left sided heart damage. They...

Hi. Last Tuesday I collapsed with chest pain. My troponian levels were over 9000...

elong75

•5 years ago

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Blood tests follow up

My husband had an angiplasty in Sept and is on the usual meds. He is due to see his GP for first time this week since his heart attack and wants to know what...

My husband had an angiplasty in Sept and is on the usual meds. He is due to see ...

Hope200

•5 years ago

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Stents recovery

Had 2 stents fitted 14 days ago and developed bruising straight away and was told it could reach up to my elbow which it has. I know this is common but can...

Had 2 stents fitted 14 days ago and developed bruising straight away and was tol...

Markyboy1903

•5 years ago

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aortic valve replacement with On-X prosthetic mechanical metal valve.

Hi all I have aortic valve replacement with On-X prosthetic mechanic valve 6 months ago. I'm 29yrs. I m on 4mg Acitrom (equivalent to 8mg coumadin) and 150 mg...

Hi all I have aortic valve replacement with On-X prosthetic mechanic valve 6 mon...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Cardiac Support Group

Hi All It’s been a while since I posted it’s been six months since my unexpected heart attack and truly trying to get back to normality I attended a...

Hi All It’s been a while since I posted it’s been six months since my unexpect...

Marie3811

•5 years ago

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Later

I am not doing my rehab for few weeks as cardiologist don't want me to start yet. But I have to have another echo scan in 3 -4 weeks time perhaps the...

I am not doing my rehab for few weeks as cardiologist don't want me to start yet...

Hazeg

•5 years ago

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Pain

Hi since having my HA nearly 9wks ago Iv lost just over a stone in weight. That’s fine but I can see the muscle loss as I have loose skin. when I sit in my...

Hi since having my HA nearly 9wks ago Iv lost just over a stone in weight. That’...

Lynn1966

•5 years ago

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Another busy day getting ready for panto on stage! But thanks for ruining it CHEST PAIN!!

Should have been another good day getting all the props ready on stage for panto. But once again I've come home at the end of the day and ended up rubbing my...

Should have been another good day getting all the props ready on stage for panto...

Rob6868

•5 years ago

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Not now

My heart failure nurse just text me to sag the cardiologist doesn't want me to start rehabilitation at moment. I have to have a echo scan 3/4 weeks time so...

My heart failure nurse just text me to sag the cardiologist doesn't want me to s...

Hazeg

•5 years ago

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Beta Blockers after Stents but no HA.

I am wondering if it is the norm to just put patients on Beta Blockers? Obviously I am going to see my GP but I am a bit fed up with the side affects of them...

I am wondering if it is the norm to just put patients on Beta Blockers? Obviousl...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Heart Rehabilitation

Hi can anyone help I am starting heart rehabilitation on Wednesday, my heart failure nurse said it would be good for me, I was just wondering if anyone could...

Hi can anyone help I am starting heart rehabilitation on Wednesday, my heart fai...

Hazeg

•5 years ago

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Heart Failure...now barred from gym 😢

My symptoms have recently been getting worse, when I say 'recently' I mean in the past two weeks, I am getting very breathless with the simplest activity e.g....

My symptoms have recently been getting worse, when I say 'recently' I mean in th...

alexgilbert

•5 years ago

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Slight dizziness when standing up.

Hi folks. I have stable angina which was confirmed by stress tests 4 months ago. I am on Atrovastatin, aspirin, and Omeprazole. Now I am trying to keep active...

Hi folks. I have stable angina which was confirmed by stress tests 4 months ago....

Peakbog

•5 years ago

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Left main coronary artery block and disease of small blood vessels

Hi there My first time here, I’m a 39 year old female and found out on Friday that my left main coronary artery is blocked and I have diesease of the small...

Hi there My first time here, I’m a 39 year old female and found out on Friday th...

Twinniemummy2018

•5 years ago

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Low BP

Hi everyone as I have mentioned in a previous post my BP is always low. It’s a case of getting the right balance on my medication. I check my BP on blood...

Hi everyone as I have mentioned in a previous post my BP is always low. It’s a c...

Lynn1966

•5 years ago

7 Replies

Referred pain?

Can someone confirm something that has been sort of puzzling me lately? I have heard many times that Angina is "the heart complaining that it is not getting...

Can someone confirm something that has been sort of puzzling me lately? I have h...

Hidden

•5 years ago

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Avr

I have just had a call I’m booked in on Friday for a replacement aortic valve , am really nervous any advice ?

I have just had a call I’m booked in on Friday for a replacement aortic valve , ...

Menhennet

•5 years ago

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'My story' blog

I know there are one or two on here who have been following ‘my story’ ….. well, keep calm and hold back the excitement, think of it as an early Christmas...

I know there are one or two on here who have been following ‘my story’ ….. well,...

PeterJemmett

•5 years ago

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Repair to artificial mitral valve

Hi everyone, Is there anyone out there with experience of this? After I had my mitral valve replaced with an artificial one, I went into AF and was given...

Hi everyone, Is there anyone out there with experience of this? After I had my m...

FMW62

•5 years ago

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angina and food

Hi all thanks for your brilliant support so far and I hope that someone can answer a stupid question! Can a heavy meal trigger angina? Thanks

Hi all thanks for your brilliant support so far and I hope that someone can ans...

isobelhannah18

•5 years ago

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Pericarditis

Hi. Just been diagnosed with the above after a very scary episode and astay in hospital, but feel a bit lost. Don't know what caused it and wont know for 6...

Hi. Just been diagnosed with the above after a very scary episode and astay in h...

Jorji

•5 years ago

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All posts for December 2018

Can we have a heading "Unstable angina" please

Heart issues only when I am resting ??

Heart

Stents inside stents

Dr Eric Bergs Mediterranean farce.

24hr monitor - how long for results?

The spray!

Can scarring be insignificant?

Myocarditis

Blood tests follow up

Stents recovery

aortic valve replacement with On-X prosthetic mechanical metal valve.

Cardiac Support Group

Later

Pain

Another busy day getting ready for panto on stage! But thanks for ruining it CHEST PAIN!!

Not now

Beta Blockers after Stents but no HA.

Heart Rehabilitation

Heart Failure...now barred from gym 😢

Slight dizziness when standing up.

Left main coronary artery block and disease of small blood vessels

Low BP

Referred pain?

Avr

'My story' blog

Repair to artificial mitral valve

angina and food

Pericarditis

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